Posts tagged Carcinogen
What´s in your tea bag
What´s in your tea bag

A hot cup of tea sounds like a soothing and comforting drink, but many of us are unaware of the materials that most tea bags are made of. Your hot cuppa sounds a lot less appealing when you know that many tea bags contain plastic, polypropylene to be exact. It is added to the paper tea bag to help heat seal them during manufacture so they don’t come open in the box, or in your cup. This means that tea bags are not biodegradable, so you cannot throw them in your compost.

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LifestyleArlette Diederikstea bags, loose tea, tea leaves, toxins, plastics, polypropylene, hot cuppa, cup of tea, epichlorohydrin, hidden plastics, hidden plastics at home, plastic-free living, cancer, CarcinogenComment
Make up and skincare
Make up and skincare

There are a lot of ingredients in make up and skincare that you actually don’t want to put on your skin. And don’t think that by buying ´natural´ products you’re in the safe zone. Products that label themselves as natural, organic, or eco don’t actually have to follow any legal or industry rules about their ingredients.

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My Green Goodie InfoArlette Diederiksmake up, skincare, safe make up, EWG, Skin Deep, toxic ingredients, Parabens, Butylated compounds, BHA, BHT, Endocrine disruptor, Carcinogen, Oxybenzone, Octinoxate, estrogen, Ethoxylated ingredients, PEG, PPG, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, 1.4-dioxane, International Agency for Research on Cancer, steareth, Phthalates, Fragrance, parfum, perfume, Ethanolamines, MEA, DEA, TEA, Triethanolamine, diethanolamine, Diazolidinyl Urea, Formaldehyde, Toluene, Petroleum distillates, Petrolatum, petroleum jelly, paraffin oil, mineral oil, PAH´s, microbeads, PolyethyleneComment
Glyphosate
Glyphosate

Glyphosate is a non-selective herbicide and is applied to the leaves of plants to kill both broadleaf plants and grasses. Since it is non-selective it will kill most plants by preventing them from making certain proteins that are needed for plant growth. Glyphosate stops a specific enzyme pathway, the shikimic acid pathway. The shikimic acid pathway is necessary for plants and some microorganisms. 

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My Green Goodie InfoArlette DiederiksGlyphosate, Herbicide, Roundup, Monsanto, Non-selective weedkiller, Glyphosate-tolerant crops, Contamination, Cancer, Carcinogen, Ban, Pesticide Action Network, EPA, Honeybees, Don Huber, Purdue University, Bacteria, Pollen, Pollinate, Honey, Weedingtech, Shallow tillingComment